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November 2013 Product Safety Recalls

Safe Kids is committed to keeping you informed about recalls of kids’ oriented products. While it is important to keep aware of all recalls, Safe Kids urges you to pay particular attention to ones in red, as they are associated with one or more deaths. Please note: Safe Kids is now emphasizing especially important recalls at the beginning of the listings (in italics).

11/21/2013 CPSC: Angelcare Monitors Inc, of Quebec, Canada, is announcing a voluntary recall their Movement and Sound Baby Monitors after two deaths due to strangulation hazard. The product includes a sensor pad with a cord that must be placed under the crib mattress, which could pose a serious threat if the child becomes wrapped in the cord. Units: 600,000

11/19/2013 CPSC: Baja Motorsports is recalling its Mini Bikes because the front fork can separate from the wheel, posing a fall hazard. Units: 23,000

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11/26/2013 CPSC: Burley Design is recalling their Tailwind Racks for Trailercycles because the aluminum piece that connects the bikes can break, causing the bikes to disconnect and therefore posing a fall hazard. Units: About 4,150

11/26/2013 CPSC: Little Willy’s Hooded Sweatshirts are being recalled due to drawstrings through the hood and neck that fail to meet the safety standards and pose a strangulation hazard. Units: 200

11/26/2013 CPSC: American Boy and Girl is recalling their Girl’s “Susan” Sandals because the top strap can be pulled loose from the shoe, which presents a choking hazard. Units: 1,300

11/25/2013 FDA: Zip International Group LLC is recalling its herring fillet in oil due to Listeria contamination, which can be especially dangerous for small children of those with weak immune systems.

11/21/2013 CPSC:The Bailey Boys is recalling its Boy’s Loungewear Pants due to a failure to meet the federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear. Units: 2,000

11/21/2013 CPSC: ElliptiGO is voluntarily recalling their Outdoor Elliptical Cycles due to reports of the front fork and drive arm axles detaching, which could posed a fall hazard for users. Units: 7,200

11/20/2013 FDA: Physique Enhancing Science is voluntarily recalling lots of Enhanced, a pre-workout supplement, and Alphamine, because they contain aegeline, an ingredient being investigated by the FDA based on reports of liver damage. For the same reason, USPlabs is recalling lots of OxyElite Pro.

11/20/2013 FDA: Marina’s German Bakery is recalling two-count packages of pastry products due to undeclared almonds, walnuts, and hazelnuts.

11/18/2013 FDA: Blount Fine Foods is recalling a Wegman’s brand refrigerated New England Clam Chowder due to undeclared crab in the product. Units: One lot with the code 10313-8J

11/7/2013 NHTSA: Orbit Baby, Inc. is voluntarily recalling certain G2 Car Seat Bases because the StrongArm Knob component of the seat, intended to secure the seat's base, may become detached or spin. If the seat base is not properly secured, a child may be at an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.

11/5/2013 CPSC (with Healthy Canadians): One World Technologies is voluntarily recalling Ryobi P113 Dual Chemistry Battery Charger because the chargers can malfunction, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers. Units: 578,000 in U.S. and 49,000 in Canada.

11/3/2013 FDA: Ghiringhelli Specialty Foods is voluntarily recalling one lot of Trader Giotto’s Caesar Salad because it may not list wheat, soy and fish (anchovy) in the ingredients.

11/3/2013 FDA: Reser’s Fine Foods, Inc. is voluntarily expanding its recall of refrigerated ready-to-eat products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

11/1/2013 FDA: The Perrigo Company is voluntarily recalling acetaminophen infant suspension liquid because a small number of packages might contain an oral dosing syringe without dose markings.

10/31/2013 CPSC: LaRose Industries is voluntarily recalling Snoopy Sno-Cone Machines because a brass rivet can fall out of the sno-cone machine’s ice-shaving cylinder and into a sno-cone, posing a risk of injury to the mouth or the teeth.

10/31/2013 FDA: Following the expansion of Reser's Fine Foods “Reser’s” product recall for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination, select prepared foods offerings sold in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and West Virginia were impacted. As a result, Giant Eagle has implemented a voluntary recall of salads and slaws.